Trace and rein carrier for harness



(No Model.)

J. A. SPEARS.

TRACE AND REIN CARRIER FOR HARNESS. No. 350,166. Patented Oct. 5, 1886.

UNITED STATES TRACE AND REIN CARRIER FOR HARNESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Application filed January 15,1886.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1', JOHN A. SPEARS, a citr zen ot' the United States,residing near Thomasville, in Thomas county, Georgia, have in vent-ednew and useful Improvements in Trace and Rein Carriers i'orPlow-Harness, 01' which the following is a specification.

Hy improvement relates to the back-band trace and rein carrier forplow-harness; and it consists in the arrangement of the roller for therope reins, whereby it is utilized to prevent the back-band slipping offthe buckle teeth. The bearing-pin for the roller passes through theback-band, and is made removable to permit the adjustment of the buckleupon the band, the object being to hold the band upon the buckle-teethwhen set, and to prevent the rope lines from being cut by wear.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents in perspective myimproved back-bandtrace and rein carrier; and Fig. 2, a section of the same.

The carrier-frame is cast in one piece with the buckle part for theback-band a, the tracehook carrier, and the loop for the roller-pin. Thebuckle part is formed of three bars, I) c d, the middle bar, a, whereofhas spurs 6, over which the band is drawn and fastened between theoutside bars in the usual manner. A loop, f. is cast on the outer sideof the buckle part, within which a grooved roller, 9, is secured by apin, it, having its head countersunk in the inner side of the middlebar, 0, and its end bent over the outer end of the loop, so as toconfine the roller between said loop and the back-baud. The reins i arecarried upon this roller, there being such a carrier for eachv trace, sothat there is no cutting wear of the rope, as it is held upon the rollerat the upper end of the loop within the groove of the roller and tree ofthe buckle parts. The hookj of the trace-carrier cast upon. the outerside of an extension, k, from the lower buckle-bar, and I form the hookwith an inward curved end, Z, which has such relation to the lower barof the loop as to hold the trace in place when hooked thereon by itslinks, so that it Patent No. 350,166, dated October 5, 1886.

Serial No. 198065. (No model.)

hook the buckle-extension has an opening, m, lortho belly-band; but suchband is not always used. I make the hook nearly square, and the loop forthe roller is also square, so that the hook stands out with its endsufficiently near the lower bar of the roller-loop to allow the chain tobe easily hooked, and to hold the chain in the hook. The placing of therollercontining loop over the middle frame-bar having the buckleteethgives the advantage of arranging the roller against the back-band so tohold it secure upon the teeth when the buckle is once set, and allowsthe buckle-slots to be made wider tor the more easy placing of thebuckle upon the band over the toothed bar, so that the band is heldbetween the inner end ol' the roller and the toothed bucklebar.

To adjust the back-build the roller-confining pin It is removed, and forthis purpose it may be held in place by bending over its outer end. asshown in Fig. 2, or in any way that will allow ol' its ready removal inadjusting or placing the band.

fl claim 1. The combination, with the backhand and the buckle parthaving the toothed bar 0 and the loop ot the roller g, arranged inrelation to the said toothed bar 0 to confine the back-band upon theteeth thereof and to carry the reins, as shown and described.

2. The plow harness carrier herein de scribed, consisting of the bucklepart having the middle toothed bar, 0, the loop f, the re movable pinIt, passed through the said toothed bar and the back-baud, and thegrooved roller g, confined by said pin against the back-band at thepoint of its crossing the toothed bar, as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof l have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

JOHN A. SPEARS.

cannot he accidentally unhooked. Below the Jxo. L. 'Lmrou.

